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2 Our Edinburg Gerrespondence. EpINBURG, March 21, 1856. Mr. Layard as Lord Rector of Marischal College, Aber- KE deen— Macaulay Burned in Efigy—Highland and Agri- aultural Socidy—Newspaper Stamps and Circulation of British Newspapers— Duty on Paper—Rejoicings at the Birth of the Prench Prince—Exportation of Whiskey to Prance—Statistics—Births, Deaths and Marriages in Scolland—Crime in Edinburg—Pauper Expimses of Scot Tand—Cosis of Scottish Prisons, dc, de. ‘The re-installation of Mr. Layard as Lord Rector of Marisebal College, Aberdeen, has just taken place. A public breakfast was given on the ocoasion (yesterday) Dy the studemts of the university, at which the Lord Rector and several other distinguished gentlemen made appropriate addresses, The feeling in favor of a general union of all the universities of Scotland appears to be gaining ground rapidly. Mr. Layard, Lord Aberdeen, the Lord Advocate, amd other influential parties, are @emmitted in favor of the measure; and where there is me serious opposition the prospect is that their wishes ‘will be accomplished during the present session ef Parlia- ment. Mr. Macaulay, the historian, has been burned in effigy fm the Highiands. It appears that the inhabitants ef Glenmore, in Invernesshire, have felt indignant at ‘the charges brought by the distinguished writer against their ancestors, in the last volume of Isle History of England. In consequence of this feeling they assembled togetner lately, and went in proeersion, hhendea by a piper playing the -‘Rogue’s March,” to the vicini y of Gieumore House, where they scsomplistied their vengeance upon the straw representative of the Jate member tor Edinburg. There have reeently been some interesting meetings of the Highland and Agricultural Society of xcotiand, which I have attendec. At the last one the chair was occup‘ed by Sir John McNeil, author ot the celebrated Crimean Campaign Report. The sadject for discussion was in- troduced by Mr. A. J. Maio, s prastical farmer, woo read & paper on “the Plough; is it, as at present constituted, ‘the best form of cuitivator?’” Several large landhoiders, and their tenants, expressed opinions, very varying, how: ever, on the subject. Many were aisposed to adhere to the cid Scotch ploagh, waile others, and among them Sir W. Gidson Craig, gave a decided preference to an Englisn 4 plough, which is just being introduced into Jeotland. It was amusing to a stranger to +ee with what pertinacity the ultra Scotcbmen present stuck to their old favorite, and although abundant evicence was broaght forward t eonvince an outsider of the great superiorly of the Eng- Meh imp ement, they were exceadingly loth to give 10 @ecit for accomplishing what it was sald to do. The subject for discussion at the approaching meeting is “the axpeciency of extending the cu'tivation of mangel wurzel ‘beet In Scotland, and the best mode of mansgiog tae ero 9.” A statement is published showing the number of news paver stamps iesved during the Inst six months of 1855. They were—For Eogland, 15 498,094; for Wales, 193,860; or Scotland, 2.680.122; for Ireland, $,274,612—making « total of 21 646,688 for the whole Univea Kingdom. If these numbers are doubled, you have toe aggragaie amount cf stamps for cne yeat—43,293,376. You must aot estimate the circulation :f British newspapers, how ever, upon these cata, for it is only such ‘hat are t-ans- mitied by mail that have to ve stamped; a] those dis- tafbuted im localities where they are published do not Require stamping. From inqatries which I have made of veliable pers:na, I think you may give the aggregate an mual issue of general newspapers in Great Britain at one andrea tolifons of copier. The reyenue from news- per stampe is nearly ten million of dollars; but thea fs must be remembered that when stamped, papers pass fsee by wail. Im connection with this subject, I would state that the duty on paper for the last year amounted to £1,060,629, ‘Tbe rejoicings in England and Scotland on the ooca- sion of the birth ot a Bonsparte—and he the son of the much nbused Louis Napoleon—show how changeable and time-rerving a people are our respectei cousins. ‘The pubsic cemonstrations are general; and the exvent te whch they are carried has already given umbrags to many consistent and sober-mitded British subjects. At Liverpool fisgs were hoisted over the houses of many leacirg thcpkeepers, and St. George’s ensiga float- ed in front ot the Town Hall. Streamers waved and the betls were rung at Southampton. The Mayor of Bir- mingbam had the charch bells chimed ali day. At Oxtord the militia (urned out ana fired a feu de joic. At the an- aval cinner of the Benevolent Society of St. Patrick, Lord Dufferin, the chairman, proposed the health of tue heir to the imperial crown of France, which was received with “tremendous enthustasm.” The Lord Provost, megistrates and Council of Kdinburg have humbly ap- proached his Majesty of France with a congratulatory @déress. At Greenock there was # peal of belis, hoisting ef fixge on churches and elsewhere, and a salute of twenty-one guns from ber Majesty’s ship Athol, with a manned, and cheering by the crew. What would ¢ Napoleon think ot such exbibitdons as the Sxagoing? And what woud have been the answer of the Evgli forty years #go had such events been predicted? cemoustra‘ions alluded to, however, are only the sets of the pecple. Let us wait and see what ccurtiy Fejoicings will take place. Willa member of the royal amity be sgain sent to Paris as spokesman’ I doubt it. The Queen and her Cabinet will sympatiiz with ap- priate dignity. end the good taste which characterizes Ser individual “actions. ey wert quite far enough when the Duke ot Cambridge, in January last, ‘‘sincerely thanked the Emperor for bis goodness in haviog so gra- eious!y conterred on him the honor cf being permi'ted to @istribute the Queen’s Crimean medals in his presence.” Since the from grain prohibition of the making of brandy in France large quantities of Ssoteh being exported to that country. from G.asgow last week with « hundce. puncheors, much ct which you will probab'y goon get in New York, in the torm of genuine French brancy. ‘Having given you such items of gereral news as I have thought might interes your readers, I will add a fewim- pertact statisiics which I have compiled from official re- neg to which access has been afforded me; and, firer, PIRTHS, DEATUS AND MARRIAGES IN SCOTLAND IN 1855. ‘Toe whole number of births, marriages and deaths in Reotisnd, during tne year 1855. were as follows:—Births, 98,498; marriages, 10,€39: and deaths, 62,164. Ths is the proportion cf one birth anpually for every 32; one death for every 48; and one marrisge ror every 153 per- eons in the exiimated population. he births are in rumber below the average of England, for while they are about 521 for every 10,000 persons ia Engiend they average 352 to 10,000 inhabitants. O1 he 93 408 births in Se tiang, 47.872 were males and 46,126 fercales, being in the prcportion of 100 males to 05 females. The 62,154 ceaths duricg the year give the proporti o of 207 for every 10,000 living, or one death for every 48 ne. The most remarkable circumstance connec +d with the mortality returns, is the decided difference be- tween the towns an¢ the rural ¢istricts, going to show in ® most conclusive manner, what is indeed gener. ty known—that the influences connected with aresidence in cities, sre always productive of an increase of sick: 48 end cent! these returos this fact is proven most elearly. for the statis.ics from the town districts, which sumber just one hait of the population, show 37,73 deaths: while the records of the other baif, or country population, g.ve only 24.459 deaths, showing a difference of 13,252 lives in favor of the country, and agains’ the eitier, The extremes were, in Glasgow, 201 deaths fm Orkney, Peebiesnire, and Clackmannan, 149 deat 10.000 persons. In the cities, the deaths were thirty-eight, and ia the coun’ ry one in fifty-eight. The proportion of warriages was sixty-five to vvery 10,000 jersons. or one to 163, which is avery low figure, and proves that there are much fewer marriazes in <set- Jand then in England, where the average is ove for every ‘118 of the population, The difference in attripatet to the emigration cf young men, the cifficulty of prosuriog work, and probably to the fact of tnere being many irre- gular, or what are called border marrisges, waich, of oourse, are net registered. Tannex without comment, the Register General’s re- turns of births, marriages, and deaths, ine ght of the Prineipal Serteh cfties, for January of this MIRTHE, DEATHS AND MARRIAGHS, FANUARY, 1860. Epiwevre.— Population, 161,648; births, males. femaier, 212—toval, 466; marriages, 86; deaths, ‘190; females, 17i—total, 261 Grascow.— Population, 329 births, males, 649; fe tisges, 396; deaths, maler, 434; females, 44 Despre.—Popu bir males, 142; fe males, 167—total, 300; marriages, 87; deaths, males, 149 females, 162—total, 311 AreRpreN.—Population, 73,227; births, males, 120; fe- males, 102—total, 222; marriages, 3; deaths, mais, 87; fomaler, 93—total, 180. Paistxy.—Population, 48.071 maler, 52—total, 127, marriages females, 6—total, 80. GREENOCK. — Population males, 89—total, 161; m females, 49—total, 101 births, males, 74; fe- 48; deaths, males, 53; 6; birthe, males, 72 riages, 41; deaths, mets Larrn — Population, 32,219; births, males. 54, femeles, 41—w'al, 95; marriages, 20; deaths, toales, 57; femiles, 20—total, 66. Peer. Population, 26,441; births, males, 43; females, M—votal, 63; marriages, 22; deaths,’ males, 25; ( ‘ 28—totai, 53. STATIONICS OF CRIME IN EDINBURG 1x 1855, I bave prepared the following abstract of return of erimes and :tfences from the smnual report of the super futerdent of the city polies for 1866:— imes and Apprebencioms.—Offences against ‘he per gon, 105; robbery, 11; honsebreaking, 8¢; theft, 1,025 frend, 26; forgery, 10° utvering false coin, 1; wilful ar- cn, S—total, 1617. Of those apprehended, 1,200 were over, and 307 under! ourteen years of age Of those tried m the police court, 406 were: mprisoned; 70 whipped, 89 pet under caution, and 166 admenisbed. Simple Offences and Violacion of Police Acts. —Simple sesauits and breach of peace, 4 007; violating cleaning regulations, 1.028; allowing chimneys to take fire, 661 obstructing thoroughfares, 496; found begging, 482— total, 8 663. Of these 8,277 were convisted, and pnaish 00 as follows:—Imprisoued, 1,114; whipped, 18, admoa- ashed, 1,965; bound over, 847; fired, 4,35 Among those apprehended 16 hed attempted suicide, and 16 were ineane. 2,512, or nearly fifty per cent of thore appreberded, were drank when arrested, The fines for the year amounted to £2,000, or about $10,000. cn exnae OR POOR RELIEF IN acarienge Bay Prt ‘The total expenses in behalf of paupersi n tl irty-two counties of Sevtland for 1855, were Pet, 184. The heavi- est charges fall upon Edinburg aod Lanarkshire (which gomprise Glasgow). For the poor of the former city, £74, 957 were expended; and for of the latter, £114,026: There sums include relief given to the registened poor ‘and the casual peor, and comprise all expenses of man- medicine, law, buildings, &c. What is mont striking in there returns, is the enormous and dispropor- of management, and for law costs. la Kainburg, these amounted to £11,556, and in Lanark, to £15,066. SCOTTISH PRISON COBT FOR 1855. ‘The expenditure of the Prison Boards in the several eounties of Scotland was as follows, for the year 1855— Aberdeen, £2,1 Je, £754; Ayr, £1,638; Banff, £404; Berwick, £300; Bute, £260. Caithnus, £215; Clackman- pan, £681. Dumbarton, £507; Pumbries, £684; Fiin- Sarg, £7,920; Figin, £520; Fite, £1,978; Forfar, £3,475; Haddington, £410; Invernes : 1,181; Kincardine, £247; Kinross, £164; Kirkeudbr bt “ia: Lanars, $12,073; : Nairn, £12 ; Orkney, £103; Peebies, £1,348; +, 2,647; Ross and £710; 8 iv, Sutherland, £257; Wigt .u, / 805; Zetiand, £190, Perth ‘General Prison for the ,ear nded 3lst Deeember 1855), 11,001—total, £54,286. 1 ponclude this letter with a notice which should pro- perly te your sivertising columns; bat as it isa matter of interest to re igiop in America, perhaps you will authorize its pabi‘cation in this cmnection, aud pprtenian aa the time allowed for the parties interested present clai xs 's short and their appears here no disposition to give creat publicity to the facts. ‘Mrs, Agnes Douzia* or Sutherland, widow of Francl Sutherland. forme-iy of the city of New York, afterwards realcing in Leith, his bequeathed certain property to the Rev. John Dempsi+r (some time in Scotland, but whose residence is not now kno’ for the use and benefit of the Theological Institution, in New England, of the Wethodist Espiccpal church; and to the bishop who presides for the time being over the New York Wesleyan District Confe- rence in America, to be applied by him for the promotion of the word of God, accorcirg to his discretion. The trustees have brovgit an ac'ion in the Court of Sessions, at Edinburg, for having the estate forthwith settied; ‘and the Court (Lord Neaves) bas ordered the cace to be called up on the 20th of May—when those interested mast be represented, otherwise they will be excluded. Cruise of the United States Ship John Adams. ‘Usrrep Staras Sap Jonw ADAMS, ) Panama Bay, March 5, 1856. { Departure from Boston in October, 1854—Arrival al Rio— Passage of Cape Horn— Valparaiso— Reception of Distin- guished Visiters at Panama— Visit to the Fejee Islands— Trading with the Natives— Visit of the Queen of Rewa to the John Adams—Description of the Fejee Group—The Cannibals: Their Habits and Customs—Productions of the Islands—The Missions at Ovalau, dic., déc., Ec. [EXTRACTS FROM A PRIVATE LETTER, } My Dear, Kixp anp EsresMep FRIEND: — ‘This mcrning’s mat! placed me in possestion of your va- lued favor of 19th ult., for which receive my warmest thanks fcr this mark of your pohte attention to one exiled from the home of his adoption, from the friends of his fondest recollections. Events which have transpired during the past six months, in connection with the cruise of the United States ship John Adams in the Pacific Ocean, form the principal subject of this communication. Apart from this, 1 have enfticiently ascertamed that an absence of two years trom friends and the country of adoption san- not fail to endear the privilege of renewed intercourse, while it may supply the means of intelligence which, to & certain extent, msy be regarded as novel and interest ing, and, perhaps, not altogether unimportant in your evlightened communi! In order to condense as much matter as practical ithin a limited space, I shall pass by the earliest and Jeast interesting events of the craise, and proeced with a short and simple narrative, which I trust will be found worthy of your attention, evea should it answer no better purpose than to amuse an idle hear. The United States ship John Adams, E. B. Boutwell commanding, sailed from Boston on the 26th of October, 1854, and preceeded cirect to Rio de Janeiro, on her way to the Pacific station. Af er s pleasant passage of forty- ‘one days she cast anchor in the beautiful and capacious harbor of Rio. which is said to be unsurpassed by any in the world. The importance of this port asa stopping piace tor vessels bound to the Pacific cannot be too highly es'i- mated. It may be truly called the bait ray house, where ships can refit and recrait the condition of their crews previous to commencing the long and tedious passage around Cape Horn. During our stay the port was crowded with the shippirg of ail nations, snd the resence of not less than twenty shipe of war, English, French and American, lying at anchor upon the tranquil bosom of the bay, added not # little to the beauty and grandeur of the ecene. Having obtained all the requisite supphes for a long parvage, we set rail on the 19ch December, prepared to encounter the terrors of Cape Gorn. A minute descrip- tion cf what I may call this remarkable epoch in my ex- imerce would greatly exceed the limits of this epistle, and I would only add that I would tnfinitely prefer being shot at by the Fejee saveges whiie yet uncon- scious of impending danger, than to be kept on the rack for three jong weeks with the chances of a Watery grave continually in the ascendant. Nautical skiil, however, promptly seconded by stout arma, at length pre- vailed, and having now cleared the dangerous coasts of Pategonia and ‘ego, and reached the southern- most terminus erican continent, our gallant ship, rearing ard plunging upon the white foaming bil- lows. Hierally mounteins bigh, swept past the Cape, as if in derision of its terrors. All danger was now at an ead, the wind and waves began to subside, and a» fortaight more of pleasant weather found us safely moored in the harbcr of Valparaiso, the headquarters of the American squadron in the Pacific. Three days afterwards the tag ship Independence arrived in port, having sailed from New York three days before the John Adams left Boston. We met here the United States steamshio Massachusetts ‘and the splendid frigate St. Lawrence, of World’s Fair no- toriety. Soon after our arrival in port, the ship was visited by the American Consul and several of the lead- ing American mercbants of the city; and I could not avoid remarking the numerous evidences of national sympathy which appeared among them, and m which the crews of the squasron largeiy participated. The na- ticral feeling of the American sailor, naturaily éeep root. ed, burns with renewed energy in a foreign land, Noman ia more jealous of the honor of hia country’s fiag. or better able to cefend it. His first impulse is his country’s glory; the next, the honor ard safety of the ship to which he belongs.’ The crew of the St. Lawrence were overjoyed at the prospect of revisiting the'r native land. On ths evening previous to her ceparture, they came in one of the sbip’s boats alongside of us, and in patriotic song; of their own invention testified the glowing sentiments of neble hearts. During the rext five months the Adams continued to cruise upon the ecast of Peru, Equacor and New Granada, visiting the principal seaports. and keeping a vigilant eye on the interests of American commerce. Our next destination, agreeably with the instructions of Com- modore Mervine, was the rejee Islands; but before ing for that distent group, we parsed a few cays very riage at Panama. Althoughinthe middie of sum- wer, and the heat very oppressive, while lyicg at this place our ship wes visited by the Gcvernor and Bishop, the French Consul and « large party of ladies and gentlo- mer. ‘hey came by epecial invitation, and the ship’s boats, four in number, each in command of an officer, were despatched to the city, a distance ot two miles, to convey the guer's on board. By 10 o’clock @ briliian: party was assembled on the quarter deck, and the usual preliminsries having been gone through with, the thirty-two pound batteries of the John Adams began to speek forth im tones of genuine Yankee thunder. His Excellency the Governor was honored with a salute of 17 gun, and the Consul with 9, that being the number due to their rank respectiveiy. ‘fhe cay was then given up to familiar social intereourre, bilerfty and mirta, and dancing and music added zest to the festivities of the oc- casicn, Onth- next day, we bi1a long and kind adieu to Panama end the South American coast, and set sail for the Fejee Islan Gistence of between 6,00) and 7,000 miles. Once more on the bosom of the broad Pacific, and gently watted onward by thefriendly trade winds, with no prorpect ct agein behoiding terra firma for seven or eight weeks, our home was indeed upon the deep. In silent dignity on the peop deck paces the commancer, with the wenie ot waters for hie empire and the ship for his castle. The crew, wh but jittle duty to perform, lie carelessly avout the sootless deck, and the ai- lence which naval dissiplice amposes reigns through- out the stip, save when the boatewain’s shrill call, echoed by bis mater, cenotes the the regular meal hours of the crew, or indicates the tims of nightly rest. In this menner we held on our course forty-three avs, con- tivualy favoied wich very pleasant weather. When we arrived at the island of Upolu, one of the Samoar or Na- vigator’s group, situated in’ the South Pacifie ocean, where we remained for one week, and then continued our jee. During our stay at Cpolu the was Visited by bun‘reds of natives, who brought with them yarions tropical fruits, together witn many domestic articles of their own manufacture, for sale and barter. Many of them, ineluding several distinguished chiefs, were adunitted cn board. These people were nearly nake? in fact, in a complete state of nudity, ard the beauty cf their forms rivalled the soulptor’s art. They are an Vgent and interesting race of Iusians, and are msking rapid scvances in the scale of civiliza- tion. In tn days after our ceparture from there islands, we arrived at aid cast anchor io Rewa Roads, ts aad of Viti Leva, Fejee Ie'ecds, about six miies from the town ‘acd isiand of the «ame name. We were now strangers in aw strange land, totally unacquainted with the na.ure of the country, and beving but s limited knowledge of the dirporition of ite inhabitants, except euch evidences of it asthe past few years have dirclored in s long list of atrocities against the crews of vessels visiting the shores of ‘be island, and against 4 smail band of white men re- siding at the Island of Ovalau, and to which have deen added robbery aod murder, together with the horrid prao: tice of caxpibuliem, watch forms one of the most promi nent features im the character of the Fejeeses Under cireomrtances so unnaual, it was deemed expedient by the commander to proceed with caution, while he remained prepared tor active hostilities. To find out the off-niera, and t ascertain the nature and extent of therr eri nes, was a tusk which devolved ebiefy upon the American Consul, J. B. Wilifams, Feq., with auch agencies as he might bave at bis disposal. The whereabouts of that gentleman were not yet kuo#n, but the central situa ion of Rewa, and its known political importance, rendeved {t probable that he would be found there, or that some poai- live information might be obtained concerning hia. As- cordingly, two gun boats, in command of officers, were ordered to proseed at once for the town of Rewa, in reareh of the Consul. So far this expedition was of a peacetul cbaracter, but with the view to guard against treachery, ana to be prepared for any hosule demonstra. tion, thé boats’ erews were well armed with muske's, pistols, cutlasves, and a twelve pound howitver: an ew ant brass piece garnished the bows of the jaunch. the This expedition, baving to ite destination, the senior officer im charge of it was informed, by two white men who approached in a sailboat, thet the object of his search was not then at Rewa, bust- pess of importance haying previously demanded his attention at Ovalau, an island about fifteen leagues dis- tant fiom Rews Roades, from which place he bad not re- tarned, theugh his usual residence was apon a amall inlacd {a that vicinity, He aiso learned from tne snme source, that Rewa and the adjoining country wore per- fectly quiet and the inhabitants peacefully disposed. As no cacre, therefore, exiated for the presence of aa armed force in that quarter, the expedition returned to the ahip, with the exception of one boat, which continued its course to the town, in order to mabe & rsconnoiasance and to as. certain ihe ri uation end strength of the savegen, which having successfully accompiianed, the bat re urned the torlowing day to the ship. In the meantime s boat well mrrnec ard armed, had been despatched to Ovalan in fur her *earch of our Consal, and, in two days attor- | wards, ‘bat gent 'enan, accompanied hy » the | {sland of Lon boar? say faat eniling y cutter, whith vueu, wopee boat or Setan NEW YORK BERALD, SUNDAY, APRIM/ 13, 1856, ship’s eutter by about five heur’s sail. The consultation with ‘ne commander now commenced, and continued for mre a y Sones oe peer of operations was which has resulted in ‘conseq! will bereen in the sequel. Int pe Seer aarieal the great American war canoe through the country, and hundreds of nat! on board, some tmpelled by curiosity, bat more for the purpose of traffic. Their canoes were freighted with the tural and domestic productions of their coun'ry, w ck they Woe xereaes eee merest trifle, wi 7 with and form the of the a, a tropical rag immense Bativer, and a of mumber of war clube and spears, carved in s very mas- terly manner, er fone of pottery, m ey ae tive cloth besut ly chequered, and bask wicker- work, all ot which had a cast of ‘superiority in their ex eution, They knew of the value of money, many locked upon it with ‘An officer of the shi from # motive of curiosity, having offered a valuable watch reer elegant bow and quiver of arrows, it was One noble looking savage, ins P of nudity, heving red a poldier’s jacket, put it on, buttoned it up to the chin, and strutted erect mea iryera-cpelm py of @ mook general in & farce. Several of the chiefs of the neighooring dis- tricts, copscious of their integrity in peste ipees Senioat with white men, now came on board to heir inno- cence, an¢ to renew the assurance of their amicable in- tentions; but eonspicuous above all others was the Queen of Rewa, who came, wiih a large train of attendants, to visit the ship and pay her respects to the commander, to whom she brought as presents some fine specimens of native industry, together with yams, tarro, fresh , ard to i Yt eae gee coceanut jing, ready baked. was constantly attended by two ber relatives, one of whom was Governor of the tcwn of Rewa. The royal party dinea in the captain’s cabin, and after dinner proceeded to ‘visit all parts of the ship, which occupied about an hour and a balf, when th» Queen, with her retinue, returned to the cabio, where, afer a mutual ex of civilities with the commander, she returned with her attendants toberislend home. In stature the Queen was about the middle heignt; her complexion, toough dark, was very clear, and her features handsome and expressive. A profasicn of curls, blsck and glossy, encased in a light gauze turban of snowy whiteness, adorned the head, which wes of the finest mowid. Suspended from her shoui- ders and ex ending just below the knee, she wore a dress of light blue extton, indebted to neither bodice nor stars to ieveal a form which many an American lady might envy. er smell and well formed feet were unadorned by any outward covering, that being deemed superfluous by the ladies of Fejee. Her whole de- meanor seemed indicative of her high position; her steo was light and a her gait easy and gracefal. Adout sixty miles from Rewa is the capital city of Fejee, calied Bau, situated upon a mall island of the samename, ab: ut two mules in eireumference. This city contains abou: ope thousand inhabitanws, mostly ehiets or people of rank. The aggressive conduct of the pecple of Bau during the past six years, instigated and encouraged by the ceepotie government of toeir King, aamed Tui Vite, or Thakambau, hada at leng'h reached the limits of hu- man endurance; and it was now decided that full indem nity sbould be demanded for all past out: and the amount of damages was esimated at $45. Dur pre- sence at Rews being no longer requirea, we weighed an- ebor and stood out to sew, bound to Ovalau. an i-lsnd lying off the const of Viti Leva, one of the largest islands of the group, where we could have an exceilent harbor, with tce advantage of being within twenty miles of Bau, the imperial city. Early on the following morn- ing the outlines of Ovalau were discovered about fifteen miles distant. As we approached the scenery gradually grew more distinct, and disclosed the most rugged and broken country which lever beheld. At8o’clock A. M. we cast anchor in front of the town of Sevaks, which is deligbtful'y rirvated in @ grove ot cocoa nut ‘and palm trees at tre t.cvot the mountains, which rise almost {od Oger bove it to animmense height. A gun well manned and armed, commended by an officer, instantly cerpatched to Bau—about six leagues dis- tant— wih the terms of @ propored treaty to be presented for the royal consideration, The throne was found to be temporarily vacates, his Mejesty being on a visit to the neighboring islands, plundering and murdering the inhaoitants. The boat accordingly re- turned without effecting the object of the mission, whi wws then deterred for a period of three weeks, in order t> give the Fejeeans ample time to deliberate and come to & final ¢ecision in regard to the course which they ia- tenced to pursue; and if war shoud be their ehoice, the regponribili'y would rest upon their own heads. ‘The object of the expedition had been already explain- ed to the Queen of Bau by the Lieutenant in command of the expedition, and both chiefs and people were well ac- quainted with the nature and extent of our demands; and now, as nothing of importance will transpire for three weeks, let us take a view of the islands in their collective capacity. The Fejee group is situated be- tween 19 deg. and 30 deg. south jatitude, and'longitude 18 deg. east and 177 deg. west. They comprise sbout 150 imands, of which tearly one hundred are in- habited. ‘Two of them are much larger than the others, being about three hundred miles in circum’e- rence and extending throughout the group. The Fejees fre generally reported to bes savage and treacherous race of cannibals, Accounts of this nature, unsustaired by evidence. might be deemed fabulous, or at least called in question in any enlighiened country, for which reason I bave mace the moet diligent inquiry among the most intelligent natives who have become civilizec, and also the English and French missionaries, and algo the re- spectal hite men at the island of Ova'au, persons who cannot be deceived and who would not deceive. The re- sult of my inquiries, and the substacce of what I have seen and heard, may be scmmed up nearly as follows:—The whole Fejee race are cannibals. and temp: to disguise it; they kill and eat all captives taken in war, and when the supply from this source fails, they not unfrequently devour ove ancther—it may be their own sequaintantes ani di—end in times of scarcity families sometimes n exchange of children for this horrid purpore. Glee, earerully rosated, and sent to distant frien: ble present, and the greatest comp!iment toa delicacy is to say that it is as ‘tender » Among the mountaineers the practice of caunibslirm is attended with circumstances of the mort sbcckirg barberity. The usual process of rosstiog 4 eating 18 as foliowr:—A number ct tubs being placea in a row upon the ground, tbe victims are placed in them in a sitting posture. The process of heating theoven is now commenced, and while it is going on the ears aac notes are cut ff, and eaten raw. The limbs are next re- moved, joint after joint, and, as the blood streams down, they caich it in cccoa nut shells, and drick it up. the ovens being ready, the bodies are piaced in them, upon the hot stoner, ani carerully attended until they are well cooked, when they are carved by a perron seested for that purpore, aad. afterwards eaten with a degree of formality which would co credit to# more civilized e)- ple. Mary of these mountaineers bave never seen waite men, and know of their existence only from hearsay. They be.jeve us to be a superior race, holding {ntercourse with supe netural beings. They suppose we have the power to caute ihe giowth of enormous trees, from which we hollow out our sbipe as they co their canoes. Additional informauon is now in my possession; but I abstain from taxing your creculity any furiher on this subject. The accounts that reach us of infanticide are tow revolting tote written. It is authorised by the laws of Fej-e, and has been redused to a system. The increase of the population of the group is by this means retarded and kept within a certain limit, which seldom ex- ceeds £00,000 souls, In person’ the Fejeeans are erally tall and stout, with beautiful white teeth and isrge, bvilliant black eyes. They are exceedingly chang ble in their dispositions, addicted to laughter and merri- ment, from which they pars in a moment to the most demon like anger. War is their delight, and, next to agriculture, holds the first place in thelr esteem. Yams and tarre, which form the principal food of the inhabi tants, are extensively cultivated in all the islands. They bave +ix variet the bananna, of the plantain three, dtwo of the cocoa nut—the brewn and the red. The cotton tree growe to the height of fifteen fect, and yields a fine white ectton. The sugar cane grows wild, and to- acco is cultivated with success. and smoked with avidity by the entire population. The island of Uvalau claim: & more particwar notice, from the fact of its containing the only settiement of white men in Frjee, It is alse the most central island In the group, and its excellent harbor affords commercial advan‘ages unrivalled by thore of any otber island, It t present governed by a young chiet named Tui Levoka, whose authority 1s acknowleded by all bis people. le considers the presence of the whites as a guarantee against she aggressions of his enemies from other quarters, aud reposes the fallest confidence ia these brave and faihful allies, but often forgeta what he owes them for their protection, and repays thelr generous aid with cowardice and treachery, when his ulterior euis may be attained by pursuing @ course ungeneroas and dishonest. In his dealings with them during the past four years he has developed qualities which might, if properly tutored, do him credit, but which, employed in celeating and appulling the csuse cf justice and retard. tng the civilization of the islanders, cause bim to be viewed with distiust by the whites residing at Ovalau. During our «tay at Ovalau I had an opportunity of visiting tbe residences of the missionaries located there. There is an Englieh Wesleyan Methodist and a French Catholic mission located at these Islands. One Sunday, while on ahore, I attended divine service at the Mission Houses, where were assembled about 200 souls, of both sexes, and of alleges. The pas. tor proceeded in the Fejee language, which of course I could not understand: but judging by the earnestness and significance of bis topes and gestures, and the marked vention cf hia hearers, I should imagine the discourse to be of no o1 % interest. After visiting many of the native Cwellinge, .{ mace a short excursion among the neighboring mountains, where I was [gratified with th contemplation of seenery of endlers varie'y and unsu: patsed msgnificence, disclosing a new order of vegetation pecnliar to Polynesia, In one sequestered spot, # soliwry cottage, tenanted by an oged and somewhat patriarchal looking’ savage, reared its grass covered roof. This vene- rable mountameer, who was in a complete state of nudi ty, rejoiced in the porsession of twenty-seven wives and ‘a host of cbildren. One of these women appeared to be the favorite, and exersised « certain degree of authority over the others. She wasa majestic and noble looking women, and appeared nearly in the same condition is which the orl gi inal type of her species issued from the hanes of the Creator. the children of both rexes from four to fourteen years of age. sported in polsy glee upon the green grass. They were sil dre like 1a. In the evening I retarned ct upun the difference between civi- %, sud notwithstanding the numerous ‘ \.etieus of the votartes of ideal bappi- Tiowad the advantages of tre lat (by # morcent’s comparison with the gianceur of civilization, and the rational and intel- lecthai enjeymenta of a weil clothed, well fed and well ated pecple. These inlay he homes cf the ‘cannibals thet do each > have ween the koeaes of the grossest and most vevolting fmporitions that Lave ever dlegraced man- hind leading in their resulta tw practioes in which can- nibaliem, treachery on¢ murder are stepping stones to pgratifestion of the vilest passions that exci o their os, Alt savigators and okplorera who have ventured to visit these islands, agree in opinien that She sbarasiaciens® i Feyecans are brutal, savage ferocity weachery. ‘ours, s Sauna Van Wrox, Bxq., New York. An Engiishman’s Tour in the United States and Canada. During last summer, Frank @rossley, Faq., M. P. for Halifax, England, (the extensive carpet manufacturer, ) made a tour in the United States and Canada, and on his return to Europe, delivered a lecture before his consti- tuents, detailing some very interesting information gleaned In his travels of over six thousand miles of the North American continent. He commences by degeribing very graphically the voyage from Liverpool to New York, in the gigantio American steamer Pacific, in August, 1856, on board of which Mad’lle Rachel and her troupe were passepgers—there were in all four hundred souls on board. As the lecture extends beyond the limits of the space that can be spared in our crowded columns, we confine ourselves to some interesting extracts. Mr. Crossley says:—Leaving our luggage in charge, we took one of tae carrisges of the St. Nisholas Hotel, and ¢rove thither, to fee our rooms and to breakfast. This vebicle resembled none I ever saw in England, except it be the State car riage of the Lord Mayor of London; and the road over whien the carriage went is equally without parallel in any British town I ever visited—it was #0 fall of hills and holes that we found it necessary, iu speaking to each other to Jook well to our tongues, lest they should be un- shorten ed. rival the St. Nicholas Hotel, we were shown into comfortable apartments; indeed, the whole place is fitted up in the most superb and costly style—its curtains are of ihe finest silk—its carpets, furni ture, table, and precatoses are all in keeping. Ose of our customers informed me that for carpets and marks alcne his bill was $120,000, or £24,500; and yet, notwithstan¢ing this immense outlay, and that charges are very moderate—say two and « half dollars | aed cay each person, for apartments, board, and services eluded—the ve are clearing £100 per day profi:. Thovgh this hotel will accommodate 1,000 visiters, some of our fellow Passengers had to setk quarters el ¥ New York, apart from its beautiful harbor and insular position, reminded me more of Berlin than any place I had before visited, although the bustling energy ot the ple forme a great contrast to that of the citizens o Prussian captiay. I saw a statement in one of the New York papers—( cannot vouch for its accuracy—th: ssice 1850 New York had increased from 500,000 to 750, 000, and that Broozlyn had increased at about the same raté, and now contained 200,000, making, with the sub- urbs, a population of about 1,000,000 in New York ani the immediate neighborhood. ‘Un Monday morning, the 28th of August, at half-past six o’elock, we left New York by the steamboat, up the far famed river Hudson, and arrived at Albany about six o’olcck in the evering.’ Althoogh we had what woul fave been considered s lasge bat in this country, there 8 thought but small in comparison witn the 8 did ers which float upen the American rivers and lakes; one we afterwar at Buffalo—The Western World. resemb'ed a ficating palace, so beautifully was it finished ip all its details—it bad sleeping accommodations for 1,229 passengers. The scenery on both banks of the Hucaon is of the most magnificent slopes cown to the water’s edge, alt ea} crowned with trees, and a back grov ft tne far famed Catskill mountains, where sort in su mer, because the elevation is suffici be cool during the "hottest of weather. Perhaps vardly just to ccmpare it with that of the Rhine, as iis character is 80 etsentialy different. The Rhine is more rapid and wincing than the Hudson, and it has particular views which surpass apy on the Hudson; but for extent, Deauty and for grandeur the American river, viewed in ite whole extent, bears the palm in my cpinien. Of the railway carriager, he says:—They have but one class ot carriages, and each is made long enough to con- tain about fifty persons. They run upon two pairs of wheels at each end. There isa gangway down the mid cle, end seats for two on each side for the whole length. o generally facing the engine, but are constructed you can turnover the back, when a party of four an Fit face to face. The carriages are much better fit'ed up than our second class; having stuffed sea's, and backs covered with mchair plush, aud the floor with oilsloth. wupply of iced water, and are warmed with stoves. The nce per mile. You may walk from one cartiege to another whilst the train is in mo- tion if you wish either to change your neighbors or to seek a friend. ‘here is one serious drawback=—the inces- which surrounds you, both on the jteamboat. It is strange that their oth- wire courteous marzers do not restrain men trom a habit so disgusting. At the firct it struck me ase singular notice 10 post up—“Pleace Use the Spittoons,” but atter I bad seen the extent of the nuisance I ceased to wonder that euch articles should be specially provided, and ‘wae not surprised at the men looking so thin. Be describes hotel life and the clock- ment and attendance of the colored wa! Albany, Troy, Buffalo and Niagara Falla, During two days and two moonlight vighti #aw the falls from every we looked upon them, the emed to increase, The tremor they give to the earth is felt more sensibly at a distance ct bait a mile; nor need you woncer at this, if you re member that water covericg 150,000 square miles finds its onJy outlet in thts cataract. No lees than 100 rivers ‘and ten lakes, covering @ surface equal to one-third of Ml the fresh water upon the face of the earth, descend 54 yarde perpendicularly at this point. There are, strictly fpeakivg, two falls in this cataract—one on the Ameri can ice, 206 yarde wide, and one on the Canadian ice, 627 yaras wide; these are separated by an island, 440 yarcs acroes, ‘Scmetimes the most vivid rainbows are seen, oceasicned by the sun’s rays falling upon the mist and spray. Bus] will not seek further to describe what cannot be dercribed; I will only say that I could not avoid the exclamation—“ How wonderful are the works of Gcd—how they make man’s.greatest works sink inwo insignificance!”” After visiting Hamilton, we made for Toronto, which is decidedly the most flourishing town ia either Upper or Lower Canada, and will coon become the most populous. There ine demand for laborers of all sorts here, end 11} now of no better place for emigrants select. Brickisyers, mascns and carpenters are obtai, from two to two and a half dollars per aay. fa ‘The lecturer cescribes the St. Lawrence river, the Rapids and Montreal, the hotels of which, he says, a generelly inferior to these in the United States. Having visited all the chief objects of note im Quebec and other z—I found tha: the Clergy Re- serves bill, for which I bad the honor of voting through all its etages, has given the greatest ratisfac:ion to the Conadians. The governments of the United States and Caraéa have recently agreed to allow all raw products to pees from cne country to the other duty tree, which 15a great advantage to both countries. Before taking leave of Canada, 1 must allude to its rapid rise, In 1829, the population ot both Upper and Lower Canada was but 696,000. It now contains no less than 2,200,000. In 1811, when the first reliable census was taken, the entire population of Upper Canada was only 77 000—not twice the size of Halifax—it now contains 1,260,000. This iner is after the proportion of three times as much as that of the United States curing the same period. 1 beuieve that taking any coun- try asa whole, cmitting when gold flelds are discovered, fuch an increase is upperalleled; and yet I can 5 frcm my own knowledge that so far from being overdone with emigration, popwation is sbout their greatest want. A friend of mine at Toromto told me that servants were #0 searce that he had been compelled to saddle his own horre, end, that having advertised the building of a house a few days before, and because it happened to. be in the outskirts cf the town, and builders were so much occupied in the city, be had not received a single tencer. At the close ot thix year Canada will have 2,000 miies of tully equipped railways, costing £18,000,000 sterling, and beirg nid cown chiefly by Peto & Co., English con- tracters, They are made in a more substantial manner than aany of the lines in the United States. Of the Lowell manufactories, Mr. Crossley says:—We first visited the Merrimac Mills, which are very large cot- ton mills; I was struck with the order prevailing through- out, as well as with the cleanness ofthe factories. A'l the spinning at this factory is upon the throstle princ:- ple, and not by mules; they consider it necessary for che peculiar dercription of goods they make, The factory girls bere seemed to be ofa very superior class, chiefly farmers’ daughters, who have come to make a little for- {ure for their marriage portion, or to enable them to live indepenc ently when they resire from factory life. They earn from two to three dollars per week besides their board. I visited one of their lodging houses, which w: very clean and well furnished; every room, except t! kitchen, was carpeted; there was a good supply of beoks to read; they work om the average eleven hours per day or sixty-six hours per week; rather more in summer, and rather less im winter; now begin at half past six o’elock in the morning, having it breakfast), «1d go on till tweive o'clock; then cemmence again at a quarter to one o’clock, and go on till haif-part six; Saturday afternoons they stop at about five o’clock. We visited the Lowell Carpet Company's mills, and saw 200 power looms weavisg two and three ply Sootch, «ras they cali them, ingrain carpets ;§they were all tended by girls, Their gocds have great many shoots in ther or in other words, a good deal of inexpensive labor, yery little wool. ‘They have by this advantage al-ost entirely excluced British carpets of this description. On another day 1 took strip from Boston to Lawrence, distance of twenty-six miles on the nort or main !f of railway; this was comparatively an obscure village eight years ago, but by adopting @ similar course to that carried out at Lowell, in regard to the application of the water power, it now contains 14.000 inbabitants, and the fall is mil only halt employed. I had letters of introdue- ticn to the ea he’ of two of the finest con ona trere, one, called the Paeific Mill, is the largest in the United Siates : it is 500 feet long, 72 feet wide, and seven stories hi it is entirely occupied in making American wool and cotton into delaines, and jntin) them ready fer the market. I went entirely throug! ard found it most oomolete, the machinery good, and vpon a gocd prineipie. The American wool is admitaoly acapted ter this make of goods, being very fine, and ge- reral y long enough to be combed on Lister’s machines, which they use. Instead of spinning the worsted on threstles. they spin it on mules, which ix not only much cheaper in wages, but answers better for that kind of gcods. also saw over the Bay States’ Mills. They are empl yed in the manufacturing of all kinds of tweeds, plaid shawls and felted druggets, but like maay other companies they have over supplied the market, or are not able to compete with this country, for they have only been half employed during the last twelve months. On Toesday, the 18th of September. we left Boston New York, ceiling at Hartford, a town pleasantly sftua- ted, but not growing very fast. I bere went through Colenet Colt? maau’ectory for making the revolvitig pia- tols. I think the foreman told me that they turn out 260 per da; He speaks of Sing Sivg Prison in terms of ecram tien as 10 tte , dr; of Philadelphia, Pict: Hartiebns Coleago, st. amie, &e’, Orleans bi the river its levee arte of the ¥ Ita queso. tt there are as wave from Jouilt, but from ita rarshy sitaation collars, Braves cannot be dug, and it haw the unenviable notoriety of being the city of yellow fever. I was painfully strock by the number of advertisements in the papers offering rewards of from $25 to $100 for the of runawey slaves, and in every instance attention is drawn to these advertisements by the pic- ture of a negro running away with his kaspsack upon bis back; and, when a woman, with a bundle at her side. It ie quite a large businees there to buy and sell slaves; there are advertisements every day of numbers be old of all and trades, and at measons of the year when New Orleans is visited by planters they aro sone We auction. "Ieaw the bar room where they are ar- ranged for this dreadful traffic. We also visited a sugar ‘tation at About seven miles ; On our way we 4 to para through what is called the swamp, whieb ex- tends nearly forty mives; the tion is very fine; pel- mettos, and almost every variety of tree and shrnb, that requires go mach care in the large conservatory at Kew dens, you mey Fee growing ther® almost luxuriantly. yanges also were ¢ sto! wi conversed upon various subjects for about a quarter of an hour. Amongst other things we touched ay State faire, American travelling, andwar. Upon the latter ct the Prerident remarked that tneir eountry was a great contrast to ours; that to keep upa standing army and navy was contrary to the whole spirit of thelr constitution; and if, ‘unhappily, they should ever have fret, Dut 1 was the opinion'of tls people that by afopt rt L was oF by adopt ing thin plan they were really far Sotto ped be Pir or war than by taking the opposite course. He rt that by heving all their available labor pro- fitably employed; increasing the eapital of the country, and keeping the tion light, they were at any rate, as a nation, providing themelves with the sinews of war; and if they ever sbculd have the misfortune of being placed in & position out of which there was no other hono- Fable eecape, they relied upon the indomitable enterprise of their countrymen to detend their own land, In this opinion 1 most thoroughly eotneidea as itrespects Amer!- ca, ver or un such @ course may be for other countries differently situated. Up to this point I have written ch, little about that subject which is the great evilof the United States; my reason for doing so was in order that I might see as much as persible before I judged. Slavery debasen man—not only the slave, but his owner, too—and blunts his finest feelings. As to saying that slaves are well off, it is no argument at all in favor of the system, pack UEC, Ne ace sans iy they say, (though I have seen slaves not well eared for,) yet, sup) they were, are not our horses the rame? ifs ene ied ae rf the finest mincs, and were 8 siave, bis talent would be buriei—he would’ have no opportunity to rise; for, as a rule, they are nefther allowed to learn reading nor writing; I say a3 a rule, there may be mentions but they are Gn Aree tions,’ One of the finest looking and ‘most inteliigent eclored men I have ever seen was over the waiters at a large hotel in Pennsyivania; his ample forehead and sparkling eye, his dress and his gait, ail betokened some- thing more than pertained to his fellows. By way of com- mencing a conversation, I told him I had travelled a grest deal in the United States, but that I had not before seen so Jarge a number ot waiters working ander their leader with such perfect order as did those under his control. He thanked me, and said it was his easy time. so had returned from the watering piaces; he had such of men that there was no excuse for anything being mis. managed. We then discussed slavery, andI told him that 1 bad been informed that slaves who had run away to the Canacian side of the falls of Niagara were #0 dis- appointed with freedom that they implored their masters who vieited that spot to take them back again to slavery. He replied that he had sufficient proof against such a statement, because, when the Fugitive Slave law came g the owners power to fetch their a free to a slave State, out of the sixty ad under his authority, fifty-four of them were missing the next morning, having fled to Canada. He also informed me that there is what is called an underground railway fey mien he meant some secret the cars), an t by this means more than nine hundred runaway slaves bad passed through Pitts- burg for Canada during the last year 1¢ is but justice, however, to many of the planters and slave owners to state that they deplore the existenee of , saying: “ What are we to do? This state of 18 not our choice, but what we have tound to If we aie to procuce cotton and sugar, we must bor, and we are unable to obtain any other but bor. And you Englishmen must remember that ite of things existed when this country was one of your colonies; we therefore (inherit it from you.’”’ I men- tion this, not that I doiend the reasoning, but to show you what they say in defense of their position, I heara of one young man who inherited slaves he might easily have sold tor $100,000 in the market, and who had no other property, yet was willing to sacrifice one-half, if others would come forward with the remainder; that is tossy, he would set the whole free for $50,000—being halt their market vaiue. It is said that there are three and a halt millions of slaves in the United States. Now, if we teke these at low average as to price say $500 dollars it amounts to the enormous sum of £260,000,000 ‘sterling. It wili be remembered that Pennsyivania, and many other States vace cursed with slavery, became free by enactiog that all born after a certain year should be free, one of the objects (besides getting over the money diffeulty) being to train and educate the rising colored population for a respop- sible and independent life. To tate a general view of the United States—and the same remarks apply equally to Western Canada also—I have never seen # country with such vast resourees, intersected as it is by such magni- ficent rivers, with a soil so rich, possessing a great variety of climates, and a population tor enterprise su: every other nation in the word, not excepting England itself. It is not inceed to be compared with England, for capital and the soli¢ity of its public works generally, but it is more go-a-head: whilst an Englisdman ia think. ing abouta thing, an American will doit. Asa natural consequence, he wil make more errors; but then, so Jong as in the mein he hits the mark he aims at, what Brother Jovathan about a mistake or or two? If he he has mistaken his calling, and adopted a trade itabie, or not profitable to him, he will think no more about selling out and taking up an entirely different one, than an En; an would in ing from one house to another. So far as manufacturing 1s concerned, for which they produce the raw materials themselves, and in which not much labor is required. From observation and inquiries made, I am eonvinced that America cannot successfully compete with England in manufacturing those classes of gcods for which she has to import the raw material, and wh uch labor is required. The great strength and the sinew of the United States are her wonderful facilities f 4 So eae there isa large demand for ‘hese articles at remu- nerating prices, and such abundance of good rich land to be founc, with railroads from New York rannit up to its ‘very border, and which can be boughe wit as good a tile as the United States government oan give, for the mominal priee of one dollar and uarter, or 6x, 2d. of our money, per acre, so long will ey comtixue to find that as soon as the operatives have earned a few dollars they will emigrate west, and decome thriving, independent landowners, and prosper far more than they could have done by remaining at the factory. Buta naiion may have t natural regouices, ney, it may bese highly favored as to combine in one all ‘the advantages that ever pertained to all othar ecuntries in tke world—and yet, if there is not some- thing far Ceeper and greater than all this it will avail nothings there must bea Ged-fearing people. “Righte- ourness@xalteth a nation; but sin isa reproach to any people.” We have read ofthe rise ‘and fall of many rations, but there are two facts which have invariably socompanied them both. Since the world stood, we have never heard ofa nation serving God in sincerity and in truth that did not rise to civilization and prosperity; and on the other hand, we never read or heard of people falling from greatness who had not, also, forgotten to serve the God to whom they owed all things. And I ascribe much of the proeperity of America to the devoted religious character of a Jarge portion of her population, and look with great confidence to the final triumph of thore great principles of civil aud religious liberty in- berite from that band of devoted men whose landing has been so beautifully described by Mrs. Hemans. Amusements and Comforts of the Laboring Clusses In Londun—Musie for the Million on Sundays. (From the London Times, March 17.] THE METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS. On Friday the weekly meeting of the Metropolitan Board of Works was _beld !n the council chamber, (uild- hall, Mr. Thwaites, the Presicent, in the chair, NEW MEMBER, Mr. J. Leslie took his seat ase member of the i}oard for St. George’s, Hanover square, in the place uf Mr. Hunt, who, since bia election, had ‘accepted an appoint- ment in the department of the Chief Commissione: of Pubhe Works. BATHS AND WAST! HOVERS. Adeputation from the Committee for Promoting the Establishment of Pudlic Baths and Wash Houses, oor- sisting of the Rev. Sir H. R. Dukinfield, Bart., Mr. W. Hawes and Mr. J. Buliar, attended and presented a mo- morial to the Board on that subjest. It recited the great public advantages, especially to the poorer clasnes, which had rerulted irom the establishment of baths ana Wash houses in various parts, of the metropolis; iat they were, to m great extent, self-sup » ard suggested that inasmuch aa the benpute de. rived from those already in existence were by mo iatane confined to he parisien. inv witch thay kapponed to be tituated. but were available by the inhabi tanta ge- nerally, the nus of maintaining them, so far as they were not self-supporting, should fall upon the metropo. lis at large, ar.¢ not, as now, om particular parishes. It also stated that it was desirable to extend the number of public baths and wasbhouses, and especially ia the poorer cistzicts. It prayed that the hoard would take the subject into their early consideration, ee, the suggesifon that powers be sought from Parliament tor carryirg into effect the Lie bach for multiplying the nuzoter of the existing establishments, and charging their maintenance on the whole of the metropolis. ‘The Kev. Sir H. R, DUKINFIELD, speaking for the depu- tation, raid it was now an admitted truth that public Daths ard washhousen were « great blessing te the com. munity wherever they were established, es; lly to the poorer classes, as great, indeed, as were cals and other charitable establishments. They formed, in fact, part cf that philanthropic pregress which marked the times in which we lived. The deputation arked the board to accept power to establish baths and washhoures where there none already, aud where they could not be estabilehed in other way; and also that the Board should take under their care those establish. ments which siready existed, in oases where it was the wisk of the particular parish in which they were located thas they should be transferred to the charge of the Board. They also wish that those establishments shoud fu fature, both ae ressected their usetulners and main- exence, become metropoli.an, and not parcobial At prerent, in several cases, the burden of their rupport pressed heavily om the parishes in which they were nituate, tough the bevefi*s of them extended far beyond | why ro many HAMPSTEAD HEATH. Mr. Cornus resumed the debate on the motion Turner for referring the memorial trom the ves' Hampstead as to securing Hampstead heath as a pi public recreation to the Committee of Works provements. He contended, in opposition thority of the wers to deal with Ham iiese and ive anything which would 10 improve the morals of the humbler of tion, and to keep them out of publie plyirg them wit places of innocent “ecreation. pee GF were valuable, not to the city; yet the whole of the of Hertfordshire, were taxed fur those the shape of the duties on coals. (Hear fenced that it was legally within ‘to deal with this question; that it in tan improvement of great importance; sideration of money ought not to prevent. from reterring the subject to the commit +). ‘Mr. Bristow opposed the motion, on the ground seneeed to refer toa commlvtoa's questieg ‘to whic! -d, as such, bad no power to give effeet. Mr. Beven devied that the inhabitants of Betnal G. wae he gh peed Leng lin ou interested in th¢| servation Hampstea "h, seeing that the; already a fine spacious park of their own. (Gear, 4 What ener ieee raga to do was to cons sewers for them, from want of which aa] ae oe ranger te nag mo.ion was supported . D'Ifanger, after Mr, Turner, the mover, had yeen heard rayeyl was put and lost by a large mejority. TPE BAND IN KENSINGTON GARDENS—DEPUTA TO 818 BENJAMIN HALL. On Thursday a deputation from the West London day Rest Association waited upon Sir Benjamia Hal the office of the Public Works, for the purpose of wi the Right Hon. Bart. to order the discontinuance o performances cf the military band in Kensington gat on Sunday ings during the ensuing season, a) carry out other restrictions in referenee to the p parks on the Lord’s Day. The deputation consist! Sir John Bethune, Mr. A. Haldane, Mr. A. H. Horw ea a D. Routh, ifr. Wilcox, Mr. . Wayland, and Mr, Cromp. ent bes ir, HALDANE stated that the deputation represenu association wh'ch had been estal for two obje: first, to prevent the desecration of the Sabbath by opening of the British Museum, the National Gallery Crystal Palace, and other places of amusementon that and also to obtain the abolition of the practice of band playing in Kensington gardens on Sunday even: ‘The aerociation had sprung into existence im 1860, the view of closing the post offices on Sundays throug the - Since that time it had been in al but bac recently been resuscitated, to carry into e! two objects specified, but especiaity the dlscontinu of the performance of the band in. Sundays. A large vumber of the constituency of borough bier be oes objected to the desecration of Lord’s day by the band playing, and seer would doudtediy, at s future election, withhold their sup} if the author of such a scheme did mot take steps atolition. Sir B. Harz said, if he understood the: deput: to ional rightly, they sovgit two objecto—t the openirg of the British Museum a) lery on a Sunday, and secon to get.rid of the | playing on Sunday evenings in pea ga Gardens; that it they bad their choice they would prefer the a tion of the latter, Peal, (Re Be Sadi st he wanted: i if E i ie thought that it was so inimical ligion, how was it that the Stat tine, that which to ‘& régiment was quartered, and tice for more than a bundred how that the people based, more demoralized, subjects by hearing thi the county in ings; wport, aided, if it could be shown there was more vide becau ‘and played on Sundays, he would admit that they made outa case for cixcontinuing the band in Kent 10D Cas pet web the facts? Om some occas ,000 to 76,000 persons attended Kensington ona Sunday to hear the band play, and so ex lary was the conduct of the pecple that the supe informed him that there wasnot a flower piu: Fasbrab destroyed. He (sir B. Hal) had perscr witnessed the excel'ent demeanor and conduct of the ple. Did they mean, then, to ssy that because pe ‘were permitted to indulge in that which was really i: cent recreation that they were worse subjects of ‘istians than others? He-wished ears? If they rm ‘fess Uariedany asd Ton jess rd play on Sunday K nd what those who were origina this movement wanted to do. If they wanted to dep the people of every species of recreation on the Sum let them plainiy say so. First, they said they wante get rid of the band in Kensiegton It we seem that the industrious classes were to have no rec tion—no band in Kensi 8, nO steamboats admittance to Kew gardens, nor to Hampton court; that they might waik about the streets ot London, wher recreation wasto be found, excepting in the gnshop public houses. He bad as much respect for Sabt 4s any one, but military bands Played on Sundays in courtyard of the Regent’s Park Barracks, in the C Court ot St. James’s, and on the terrace of sor ‘ tle, as well as m many of the garrison towns througt the bingcom, and urless in those places it could be sh: that the people were worse Christisus or worse subj then in other places they could make out no case. Mr. Hatpsyé said, with reference to places where band played, that however wrong they might pert consider the proceeding upon prineip’ iberty to interfere with military cisel] playing in bariack yards; but this was the first tim the annals of our country when they found », membe the government stepping forward and introducing ar ohn ne othe oe or the inclinations of (peo @ same principle might at once throw o the Br itish Museum or the National Galery, which deen so emphatically rejected a few evenings since in House of Ccmmons. Sir B. Hatt said military discipline had nothing 1 with the matter. Band played where there were r ments stationed in country towns to amuse the people Mr. HarDAyE was not aware of that, He knew & burg and Glasgow, ona there was great complaint of ‘band playing in the barracks, aa it led to people goin, public houses on a Sunday. Mr. WaYLAanD, @ tract deliverer of the Londom Missi ary Society, said be de'ivered tracts in Kensington ¢ dens while the band was playing, and when the pe left all the public houses about the Edgware read : Oxford street were filled. Sir B. Hau asked if Mr. Wayland could inform) whether the police courts were more filled with case drurkenness on the Monday mornings afier the b. than on other Mondays? Mr. WAYLAND was not prepared to say that. Sir B. Hatt raid the deputation not only objected Kew Gardens, but to Hampton Court Paince, where many an 20,060 perscns enjoyed what he considered v innocent recteation on a Surday, They deseribed band in Kensington Gardens as contrary to the fe of the people, and yet while on ordinary occasions largest number of visiters to the gardens was 7,00 8,0€0, on the Sun‘ays on which the band played t amounted to between 70,000 and 80.000, Mr. WAYLAND paid it m'ght be argned in the sams w persons went in the wiater on the ornac ‘tal waters of the park to skate, and so many lock at them. Sir B. H1 asked if thev looked upon skating on aS day as a desecration of the Sabbath, and those who Ww into the parke to look at them as peing participators such desecration. Mr. WAYLAND said they certainly did look upon i ba imprceper. Sir B. Hart asked why they had not come and as him to prevent Sunday skating in the public pres. Mr. HaLpaye said it might not be policy to inter with that which had been go long in existenee, altho: it was certainiy a desecration of the Lord’s Day. He lieved this was «labor question, and that, ifthe prince was not checked, it would lead to iabor on the Lord’s P as in Paris and ctzer continental cities, feveral other members of the deputation addressed right Hon. beronet upon the subject, one ortwocmie ing that they bad bern dragged into questions on wi they had not !nierded te touch; but they wished to ex & promise from him tbat, ff they could not induce hia stop the playing of the bard in Kensington gardens Suncay, he would do go if he should discover that it ‘oar Bir @ like fon of the fabbath which alrendy existed, but not authorize that which they considered to be one hed great pleasure in seeing deputations, and in tening to their views, and considering tht snd if be had, to use their own phrase, ‘drag, hem into subjects they had not imtended touch upon,’ he must remind them i sudje ‘were relevan* to the present question, and he was re desirous to know how fur they wished him togo. W | reference to Kew Gardens, he wo once | he would nct do anything to close Kew Gardens 0 Sundoy, and, indeed, be felt much ‘that he extended the period of admission hour; would he reecrmend {t to be done with r ton Court, where, as the returns showed, from 16,00C 2(,(00 persone availed themselves on Sundays during reascn of innecent reereation. With reference to st | ping the band playing in he wo me ae Mb lg woul rhou' not a which was recreation for the puabiic on L'ro’s Day, armbaot to do anythirg which would lend the desecration of it. If, therefore, he was to sec t the good conduct which he had hitherto observed was arted from, and the proceedir ga Pika revelry, t) ¢ should eon: ier how tar it would be his duty to ad that tt ehould be stopped. ‘The deputation then retired.